> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 298](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33265025) of TL-2 Suppl. I > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/31251-1) LSID 31251-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q510424) QID Q510424 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] > [!example] See also [[Balfour, John Hutton|first entry]] for this author ### Author \* Balfour, John Hutton (1808-1884), British (Scottish) botanist, educated at the High School Edinburgh, studied at the Universities of Edinburgh and St. Andrews, M.D. Edinburgh 1832, at a medical school in Paris 1832-1834, practising physician Edinburgh 1834, succeeded W.J. Hooker as professor of botany at Glasgow 1841-1845, Queen's botanist in Scotland, Regius Keeper of the Royal Botanic Garden and professor of botany at Edinburgh 1845-1879, L.L.D. Univ. Edinburgh, St. Andrews and Glasgow 1879, one of the founders of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh. **Abbreviated name**: *Balf.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Balf.*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection E|E]]. − Further material at [[Collection AK|AK]], [[Collection B|B]], [[Collection BEL|BEL]], [[Collection BR|BR]], [[Collection FH|FH]], [[Collection GL|GL]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection KIEL|KIEL]], [[Collection L|L]], [[Collection LIV|LIV]], [[Collection MANCH|MANCH]], [[Collection MSE|MSE]], [[Collection NMW|NMW]], [[Collection OXF|OXF]], [[Collection PERTH|PERTH]], [[Collection PH|PH]], [[Collection TCD|TCD]], [[Collection WAR|WAR]], [[Collection WECO|WECO]]. − See also Kent and Allen 1984. #### Bibliography and biography AG 2(1): 406; Barnhart 1: 112; BB p. 17; BL 2: 296-298, 300, 306, 308, 309; BM 1: 92, 6: 52; Bossert p. 23; Clokie p. 125; CSP 1: 170, 7: 77-78, 9: 108, 13: 262; Desmond p. 32 (b. Edinburgh, 15 Sep 1808; d. ib. 11 Feb 1884); DNB 2: 56; DSB 1: 423 (Desmond); Frank 3(Anh.): 17; GR p. 388-389; Hortus 3: 1187; IH 2: 52; Jackson p. 518 \[index\]; Kew 1: 143-145 (39 entries); Langman p. 107; LS 1605-1606; Morren ed. 2, p. 23; MW p. 31; PR 378-392, ed. 1: 449-450; Rehder 5(index): 47; TL-2/1: 112, see indexes; Tucker 1: 55-56; Urban-Berl. p. 326; Zander ed. 10, p. 630-631, ed. 11, p. 716. #### Biofile - Allan, M., The Hookers of Kew 155, 224. 1967. - Allen, D.E., The naturalists in Britain 108, 114. 1976; The botanists 30, 32, 35, 58. 1986. - Anon., Flora 29(3): 48. 1846 (appt. E); Bull. Soc. bot. France 25(Bibl.): 238. 1879 (retirement E); Proc. Linn. Soc. 1883-1884: 30; Nature 1884: 365, 385-387. 21 Feb 1884 (biogr.); Leopoldina 20: 59. 1884 (d. 11 Feb 1884); Bot. Centralbl. 17(9): 296. 1884 (d.); Rev. bot. Bull. mens. Soc. France Bot. 3: 285. 1884-1885 (obit.); Bot. Not. 1885: 64 (d.); Trans. Bot. Soc. Edinburgh 16: 187-189. 1886 (obit. not.); Kew Bull. 1925: 346 (assistant herb. K). - Babington, A.M., Memorials... C.C. Babingtom 471. 1897. - Balfour, I.B., Notes Edinburgh bot. gard. 2: 21-23. 1902; *in* F.W. Oliver, Makers Brit. Bot. 293-300. 1913 (portr.). - Britten, J., J. Bot. 22: 128. 1884 (obit.). - Fletcher, H.R., Story Roy. Hort. Soc. 179. 1969. - Fletcher, H.R. and W.H. Brown, R. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 1670-1970: 297 \[index; many entries\]. - Freeman, R.B., Brit. nat. hist. books 1495-1900: 37-38. 1980. - Gouldins, J.H., Rec. Auckland Inst. Mus. 12: 101-103. 1975 (exchange E-AK; facs. of labels, letter). - Hawksworth, D.L. and M.R.D. Seaward, Lichenology Brit. Isl. 54. 1977 (lists lichenol. publ.). - Hedge, I.C. and J.M. Lamond, Index coll. Edinburgh 57. 1970. - Huxley, L., Life letters J.D. Hooker 1: 202, 205, 515. 1918. - Ilg, W., Hoppea 42: 318. 1984 (member Regensb. Bot. Ges. 1840). - Kent, D.H., Brit. herb. 41. 1913. - Kent, D.H. and D.E. Allen, Brit. Irish herb. 86. 1984 (further info. on coll., p.p. not in IH). - Nelmes, E. and D.C. Cuthbertson, Bot. Mag. Dedic. 1827-1927. 179-180. 1932 (biogr. sketch, portr.). - Praeger, R.L., Proc. R. Irish Acad. 7: cix. 1901. - Rehbock, P.F., The philosophical naturalists 75, 99, 226 (n. 151). 1983. - Scully, R.W., Flora County Kerry xiv. 1916. - Stearn, W.T., Nat. Hist. Mus. S. Kensington 290. 1981. - Stieber, M.T. et al., Huntia 4(1): 32-35. 1981 (mss. at Hunt Library). - Watson, H.C., Topogr. Bot. ed. 2. 536-537. 1883. #### Manuscripts see G.D.R. Bridson et al., Nat. hist. mss. resources British Isl. 382 \[index\]. 1980, and M.T. Stieber et al., Huntia 4(1): 32-35. 1981 (the latter: 16 vols. Classbooks of botany 1855-1871). Most material at E. #### Composite works - (1) J.H. Balfour, ed., Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. ser. 1. 9-20 and ser. 2. 1-20. 1842-1857. ### Publications ##### n.20.101. Catalogue of British plants **Title** *Catalogue of British plants*. Part first. Containing the flowering plants and ferns... *Second edition*... Edinburgh (MacLachlan, Stewart and Co....) 1841. **Abbreviated title**: *Cat. Brit. pl. ed. 2*. **Notes** *Authorship*: J.H. Balfour, senior author, with Charles Cardale Babington (1808-1895) (see e.g. TL-2/1: 83-84 and this supplement) and William Hunter Campbell (1814-1883). − "Printed for the Botanical Society of Edinburgh." *Publ*.: 1841, p. \[i-iii\], \[1\]-16. *Copies*: G(2), NY. *Other editions*: *Ed. 1*: A catalogue of British plants, included in W.J. Hooker, *Brit. Fl.*, ed. 3, 15 p. Edinburgh 1836. *Ed. 4*: 1865, p. \[1\]-43. *Copy*: NY. *Ref*.: Schlechtendal, D.F.L. von, Bot. Zeit. 4: 450-451. 26 Jun 1846 (rev.). ##### n.20.102. Arrangement of vegetable tissues **Title** *Arrangement of vegetable tissues* and organs, analysis of natural orders, and other tables, for the use of students of botany... Edinburgh, 1846. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Arrang. veg. tissues*. **Notes** *Authorship*: Anonymous pamphlet, attributed (in copy G) to J.H. Balfour (source not given). Balfour had become professor of botany at Edinburgh 1845. *Publ*.: 1846, p. \[i-ii\], \[1\]-25. *Copy*: G. ##### n.20.103. A manual of botany **Title** *A manual of botany*; being an introduction to the study of the structure, physiology, and classification of plants... London (published by John Joseph Griffin & Co.,...) 1849. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Man. bot.* **Notes** *Ed. 1*: Apr-Mai 1849 (p. x: preface Mar 1849; review by W.J. Hooker Jul 1849), p. \[i\*, iii\*\], \[i\]-xv, \[1\]-641, \[643-644, add.\]. *Copies*: L, NY. *Ed. 2*: 1851, p. \[i\]-xvi, \[1\]-642. *Copy*: NY. − Issued in the series Encyclopaedia metropolitana, second division, applied sciences. Botany. London (as ed. 1), Glasgow (Richard Griffin & Co.). *Ed. 3*: 1855, p. \[i\]-xvi, \[1\]-717, \[718-719, adv.\], \[1\]-16 (catal. microscopes). *Copy*: NY. − Third edition, revised and enlarged by Joseph Williams, M.D. (fl. 1850-x, lecturer in botany, Dublin), Desmond p. 662. *Ed*. \[*4*\]: 1863, p. \[i\]-xxii, \[1\]-703, \[704-708, adv.\]. *Copy*: NY. − "New edition, revised by the author". Edinburgh (Adam and Charles Black) 1863. Oct. *Ed. 5*: 1875 (p. ix: Apr 1875), p. \[i\]-xxiv, \[1\]-854. *Copy*: B-S. − Edinburgh (Adam and Charles Black) 1875. Oct. *Ref*.: Hooker, W.J., ed., J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 1: 222-224. 1849. ##### n.20.104. Phyto-theology **Title** *Phyto-theology*; or, botanical sketches intended to illustrate the works of God in the structure, functions, and general distribution of plants... London and Edinburgh (Johnstone & Hunter) 1851. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Phyto-theology*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1851, p. \[i\]-xvi, \[1\]-242, \[1\]-24 (adv.). *Copy*: NY. *Other edition* \[actually ed. 3\]: 1859, p. \[i\*\], \[i\]-xl, \[1\]-436. *Copy*: NY. ##### n.20.105. Outlines of botany **Title** *Outlines of botany* being an introduction to the theory of the structure, functions, classification, and distribution of plants... Edinburgh (Adam and Charles Black,...) 1854. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Outlines bot.* **Notes** *Ed. 1*: 1854, p. \[i\]-xvi, \[1\]-616, \[i\*-ii\*\], 1-46 (adv.). *Copies*: G (incompl.), NY. *Ed. 2*: 1862, p. \[i\]-xvi, \[1\]-712, \[713-716, adv.\]. *Copies*: B-S, NY. − ##### n.20.106. Class book of botany **Title** *Class book of botany* being an introduction to the study of the vegetable kingdom... Edinburgh (Adam and Charles Black) 1854. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Class book bot.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1852-1854 (preface signed Jan 1854), p. \[i\]-xxiv, \[1\]-1114, *1 fold. pl. Copies*: G, MO, NY. − See J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 4: 158-160. 1852: part 1 publ. 1852. *Ed. 2*: n.v. *Ed. 3*: 1871, p. \[i\]-xxii, \[1\]-1118, *1 fold. pl. Copy*: NY. − "Third edition with additions and corrections in the department of organography". Edinburgh (id.) 1871. Oct. ##### n.20.107. The plants of the Bible **Title** *The plants of the Bible*. Trees and shrubs.... London (T. Nelson and Sons,...) Edinburgh; and New York. 1857. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Pl. Bible*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1857, p. \[i\*\], \[i\]-iv, \[1\]-2, \[1\]-54, *12 col. pl. Copies*: MO, NY. *New edition*: 1885, 49 p., *4 pl*., n.v., fide BM 1: 92. ##### n.20.108. botanical excursion to Switzerland **Title** Account of a *botanical excursion to Switzerland* with pupils, in August 1858.... Edinburgh (printed by Neill and Company) 1859. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Bot. excurs. Switzerl.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1859, p. \[i-ii\], \[1\]-66, \[i\]. *Copy*: HH (Arnold Arb.). ##### n.20.109. Description of the plant which produces the ordeal bean of Calabar **Title** *Description of the plant which produces the ordeal bean of Calabar*... Edinburgh (printed for the \[Royal\] Society \[of Edinburgh\] by Neill and Company) 1860. Qu. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1860, p. \[i\], 305-312, *pl. 16-17* (uncol. liths. R.K. Greville). *Copies*: G(2). − Reprinted and to be cited from Trans. R. Soc. Edinburgh 22(2): 305-312, *pl. 16-17.* 1860. ##### n.20.110. Description of Asafoetida **Title** *Description of Asafoetida* plants (Narthex asafoetida, Falconer), which have recently borne flowers and fruits in the Royal Botanic Garden of Edinburgh... Edinburgh (printed for the \[Royal\] Society \[of Edinburgh\] by Neill and Company) 1860. Qu. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1860, p. \[i\], 361-368, *pl. 20-21* (uncol. liths. R.K. Greville). *Copies*: G(2). − Reprinted and to be cited from Trans. R. Soc. Edinburgh 22(2): 361-368, *pl. 20-21.* 1860. ##### n.20.111. The botanist's companion **Title** *The botanist's companion* or directions for the use of the microscope, and for the collection and preservation of plants, with a glossary of botanical terms... Edinburgh (Adam and Charles Black) 1860. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Bot. companion*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1860, p. \[i-iii\], \[1\]-74. *Copy*: NY. ##### n.20.112. Observations on temperature in connection with vegetation **Title** *Observations on temperature in connection with vegetation*, having special reference to the frost of December, 1860... including a detailed account of the effects produced on the plants in the Royal Botanic Garden of Edinburgh, by Mr. James M'Nab, superintendent of the garden... Edinburgh (printed by Neill and Company) 1861. Oct. **Notes** *Co-author*: James McNab (1810-1878). *Publ*.: 1861, p. \[1\]-51. *Copies*: B, G. − Reprinted and to be cited from Trans. Bot. Soc. Edinburgh 7: 58-92. 1863. − Preliminary publ. in Edinburgh New Phil. J. 13: 232-273. 1861. ##### n.20.113. Introduction to the study of palaeontological botany **Title** *Introduction to the study of palaeontological botany*... Edinburgh (Adam and Charles Black) 1872. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Intr. palaeont. bot.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1 Mai 1872 (J. Bot. 10: 158, 190. 1872; Bull. Soc. bot. France Nov 1872), p. \[i\]-xvi, \[1\]-118, \[119-120, adv.\], *pl. 1-4* (uncol. liths.). *Copies*: MO, NY, U. *Ref*.: J.M., J. Bot. 10: 252-254. Aug 1872 (rev.). ##### n.20.114. Remarks on the Ipecacuan plant **Title** *Remarks on the Ipecacuan plant* (Cephaëlis ipecacuanha, Rich.) as cultivated in the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh... Edinburgh (printed for the \[Royal\] Society \[of Edinburgh\] by Neill and Company) 1872. Qu. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1872, p. \[i\], \[781\]-788, *pl. 31-32. Copy*: G. − Reprinted and to be cited from Trans. R. Soc. Edinburgh 26: 781-788, *pl. 31-32.* 1872. ##### n.20.115. First book of botany **Title** Collins Elementary Series. *First book of botany*; being an introduction to the study of the anatomy and physiology of plants suited for beginners... London and Glasgow (William Collins, Sons, and Company) 1874. **Abbreviated title**: *First book bot*. **Notes** *Ed. 1*: 1872, n.v. − See BM 1: 92 (xvi, 118 p., *4 pl.*). *Ed. 2*: 1874, frontisp., p. \[i\]-xvi, \[8\]-118, \[119-120, adv.\]. *Copy*: NY. *Ed*. 3: 1878, frontisp., p. \[i\]-vii, \[1\]-118, \[119-120, adv.\]. *Copy*: NY. ##### n.20.116. Notes on a continental tour **Title** *Notes on a continental tour* in August and September 1877,... Edinburgh (printed by Neill and Company) 1878. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1878, p. \[1\]-43, *1 pl*. (uncol. lith.). *Copy*: G. − Reprinted and to be cited from Trans. Bot. Soc. Edinburgh 13: 171-211. 1878. (Historical and informative account of the situation 1877 in AMD, B, C, HBG, KIEL, L, LD, S, UPS (herbaria)).